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» This week's sign that the Apocalypse is upon us from The People's Republic of Seabrook
I hate you, George Lucas Just when I’d begun to hope that maybe, just maybe, there was a line in the sand, a sense that something was sacred enough to protect from crass commercialism, we get this from George Lucas. It would appear that, in going... [Read More]

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I didn't much like the LoTR merchandising, either, but at least the movies were pretty good.
Star Wars has potential, as anyone who has read the best Dark Horse comics or played Knights of the Old Republic: The Sith Lords knows. I've heard that once the last movie is out Lucas will open up the franchise for TV, and given the right producer/director/writers and modern FX technology...it could be good.
Dr. Pangloss signing off....

c'mon Michele... apparently, you don't remember the days of the original Star Wars into Empire and even beyond... they would stamp Star Wars on ANYTHING and it would sell like hotcakes to little kiddies like me who thought it was the best thing EVER because it had Star Wars on it.

Give up your holy crusade against Lucas.. it's a movie and there are and will continue to be marketing tie-ins... and the new trilogy will NEVER live up to the original. That doesn't make it the worst thing ever, it just means that there's no way to live up to those expectations.

I remember friggin' Star Wars branded SOAP! You had your choice of colors and heads (ie. a green Ewok head, a black Darth Vader head). Always liked the scent. They beat the McDonalds French Fry soap/sponge combo by a mile.

Oh, I heartily disagree that this is the bottom. (Personally, that was the "Ewoks" and "Droids" cartoons - I haven't seen anything that causes quite the same level of horror and revulsion in me yet). Haven't you heard his latest plan - to redo the entire series in 3D? That's all six, starting in 2007, one per year, according to the rumors. And I honestly wouldn't mind so much if he just added the 3d effect and left it alone.

Michele, you shouldn't say things like that, 'cause (1) Murphy (of the famous Law) is bound to be paying attention; (2) Lucas may notice and take it as a challenge. I guarantee he can sink further.

Do you really want to see Padme Naberry cereal, Nestle Quik-Gon Jinn, and Obi-Wonton soup at the grocery store? Really, I think it's just a matter of time before the "personal products" aisle has TroJangos and Mace Windouche.

I saw some scenes from the Empire Strikes Back of Luke Skywalker training on Dagobah, and even though Hamill ties Keanu Reeves for acting ability, it was still far more awesome then anything in the prequels.

Lucas, use the fucking force.

And that Star Wars was done so well that a line like that worked great is a testament to how well the original trilogy was directed and written, and how bad the current ones are.

I broke down and bought the Star Wars DVD set (second-hand at GameStop) and what I found very interesting was the number of times during various commentaries and special features that Lucas says, "These movies were just made for kids. They weren't really meant to be anything serious."

Ewoks weren't the slippery slope, they were all the way down the slope into the pit. Once he started pandering to the toy market, it was over. Jar-Jar was inevitable. The M&M's don't bother me because I gave up after Episode 1. The opportunity was there, Episode one could have been about the Jedi in their prime, about their training and their missions keeping the Republic free. Instead we got a 2 hour advertisment for toy Gungans.
I go see the last one, but I have no real hope.

I think it's pretty obvious what has happened. The first three Star Wars movies were produced by an unsung hero to prep us for the days when we might need to engage in space combat or utilize the force against an invading alien empire. How many of us were turned towards science fiction thanks to Lucas? Now, however, the alien overlords have traveled back in time to prevent the rise of a Force-powered resistance through the simple yet effective method of utterly disillusioning us from our beliefs in the goodness of the Jedi. This "Lucas" we see in the media is either a) an alien shapeshifter b) some sort of cyborg or c) the real Lucas who has been taken over by an alien mind control parasite. Note how large "Lucas's" neck is. That is obviously the abode of the parasite: right at the base of the brain stem. The only thing that can save us now is for us to repudiate the existance of the second "Unholy" Trilogy, and return to the one true Trilogy.